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President-elect Donald Trump, who has derided Time magazine and pined for its approval, was named the publication’s Person of the Year on Thursday. After his first presidential election victory,...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Today, chatbots can answer questions, write poems and generate images. In the future, they could also autonomously perform tasks like online shopping and work with tools like...

A humpback whale set a record by traversing at least three oceans and more than 8,000 miles — most likely in search of a mate, according to a new study. A team of scientists identified the adult...

Sometimes my ears hurt during flights. Why does this happen, and what can I do about it? When you fly thousands of feet above the ground, changes in cabin pressure can be unpleasant — causing...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Fernando Santos da Silva’s surname — shared by 150 relatives — is an heirloom from a grim chapter of Brazil’s history. Like millions of others in Latin America’s most...

SEOUL, South Korea—South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday apologized to the public for declaring martial law this week, which has set off widespread protests and thrust the country into...

LOS ANGELES — A powerful earthquake struck 30 miles off the California coast Thursday morning, prompting emergency tsunami alerts to buzz on more than half a million cellphones and sending cans and...

WASHINGTON — In a rare move, a federal judge Thursday rejected Boeing’s proposed agreement with the Justice Department to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the federal government in connection...

SEOUL, South Korea — The fallout from the short-lived declaration of martial law by President Yoon Suk Yeol has heaped another worry onto South Korea’s economy, which was already teetering from...

South Korea’s opposition, which controls the National Assembly, has threatened to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol if he does not resign after his ill-fated decision to impose martial law. If...

Thousands of Georgians demonstrated in front of their country’s parliament for the fifth night in a row Monday, widening a political crisis that has set the country’s pro-Russian government...

MASSANGANO, Angola — They stood on a concrete platform over a cobblestone plaza as slave traders cast their final judgment, gazing westward at a bend in the mighty Cuanza River, where unknown...

The average flight today from Kennedy Airport to LAX is slower than it was in 1995 in every conceivable way. Planes face longer delays leaving the gate; take more time taxiing before taking off; and...

Australia has imposed a sweeping ban on social media for children under 16, one of the world’s most comprehensive measures aimed at safeguarding young people from potential hazards online. But many...

President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he would impose tariffs on all products coming into the United States from Canada, Mexico and China on his first day in office, a move that would scramble...

NEW DELHI — One is a deft comedy about the misadventures of two young brides in rural India. The other is a delicate tale about the intersecting lives of three women in cosmopolitan Mumbai. And...

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Negotiators at this year’s United Nations climate summit agreed early Sunday in Baku, Azerbaijan, to triple the flow of money to help developing countries adopt cleaner energy...

Heart disease is the leading killer of men and women in America, and it has been for more than 100 years, despite major gains in public health. For years, doctors have known that high blood...

Gummies, chocolate and even jelly beans: Melatonin supplements marketed for children are popular among parents struggling to get kids to sleep and are often recommended by doctors for this purpose. ...

Since nearly the start of the pandemic, scientists have known that a COVID-19 infection increases the risk of heart problems. A growing body of research now suggests that this risk can last until well...